Meet time:    Tuesday, Thursday, 4:10AM – 5:50PM, Room 146, Russ Engineering Center

Professor:      Dr. Xinhui Zhang

Email:            xinhui.zhang@wright.edu

Office:            234 Russ Engineering Center

Office Hour:   Monday, Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Website:         http://www.wright.edu/~xinhui.zhang/

Prerequisite:   ISE 470 /HFE 670 Deterministic OR Models

Course Overview:  This course is intended to develop an understanding of the strategic and operational issues of supply chain management such as facility planning and location, production and inventory management, warehouse management and supply chain coordination, sourcing and revenue management.  The course will focus on developing knowledge of the quantitative methods related to supply chain management, such as demand forecast, inventory, optimization, simulation as well as deep understanding of supply chain issues and areas of improvement for manufacturing and service industries.

Textbooks: Sunil Chopra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, 3rd Edition, Prentice hall, 0-1317-3042

                    Wayne Winston, Microsoft Excel: Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Microsoft Press, 0-7356-1901-8

Reference:  Tompkins, White, Bozer and Tanchoco, Facility Planning, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2003.

Grading Policy:

                        Homework                      -     10%

                        Project                            -      30%

                        Exams                             -      60%

Policies

Late Assignments: Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Assignments turned in late on the due date (after the beginning of class) will incur a 10% penalty.

Honesty & Integrity: Students are expected be aware of and to adhere to the university standards of academic honesty. Violations include, but are not limited to, submitting work which is not your own for credit. Students may discuss homework assignments with others but, with the exception of explicit group assignments, are expected to complete and turn in their own work. Copying or sharing of work (including computer files) is prohibited, except as explicitly authorized by the instructors.

Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend every lecture. However, circumstances may arise that prevent attendance (e.g., emergencies, weather). When circumstances arise, please inform me through email and take whatever steps are required to get caught up with the class.

Tentative Topics

1: Introduction:  Understanding Supply Chain Management     (Chapter 1,2,3)                      Week 1

2: Strategic Supply Chain Network Planning                              (Chapter 4,5,6)                      Week 2,3,4

     Optimization, Facility Location Models

Midterm I

3.  Planning Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain Network  (Chapter 7,8,9)                       Weeks 4,5,6

Demand Forecast, Aggregate Planning, Assembly to Order System

4.  Planning and Managing Inventory                                        (Chapter 10,11,12)                  Weeks 6,7,8

    Inventory Control, Safety Stock, Warehouse Management, Facility Layout, Group Technology

Midterm II

5:  Designing Transportation Network                                      (Chapter 13)                             Weeks 9

6 Managing Cross Fuction Drivers                                             (Chapter 14,15,16,17)            Week 10

    Sourcing and Revenue Management

7   Student Presentation ( Group Technology, Capacity Planning, Inventory Management, Facility Location, Facility Layout, Warehouse Management )